A Chinese-born cryptocurrency entrepreneur has followed through on his promise to eat the banana from a $6.2m (£4.9m) artwork he bought last week. Justin Sun outbid six others to claim Maurizio Cattelan's infamous 2019 work Comedian - a banana duct-taped to a wall - at Sotheby's auction house in New York.

Justin Sun, the 34-year-old cryptocurrency entrepreneur, made headlines once again by eating a banana valued at $6.2 million.

Justin Sun said he will buy 100,000 bananas from the vendor who sold the fruit that was used for Maurizio Cattelan's $6.2 million "Comedian."

CRYPTO entrepreneur Justin Sun on Friday fulfilled a promise he made after spending $6.2 million on an artwork featuring a banana duct-taped to a wall -- by eating the fruit.

Tron’s Justin Sun is in the news for purchasing Maurizio Cattelan’s conceptual artwork—a banana duct-taped to a wall—for $6.2 million but why?

The Manhattan vendor who sold the banana only received 25 cents. Now, the buyer of the conceptual work has offered the fruit stand a bigger payday.

Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun on Friday fulfilled a promise he made after spending $6.2 million on an artwork featuring a banana duct-taped to a wall -- by eating the fruit.

Justin Sun, a Chinese cryptocurrency businessman, bought 'Comedian', a piece by Maurizio Cattelan, at auction last week.

Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun has fulfilled a promise he made after spending R112 million on an artwork featuring a banana taped to a wall.